Healthcare DIVE August 21, 2019
Dive Brief:
- The Office of the National Coordinator is in talks with Congress and the White House on how to regulate secondary uses of healthcare data. ONC doesn’t have statutory authority to vet third-party apps and what they do with consumer data, agency chief Don Rucker told Healthcare Dive, but the agency is looking into a variety of solutions including legislative language on privacy and security provisions or voluntary attestation standards for the apps themselves.
- Any potential regulation of third-party health apps and what they do with consumer data would likely require legislation and come after HHS’ twin interoperability rules go into effect at the earliest in late 2021 or early 2022.
- Experts are concerned privacy and security have...
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